Example sentences of "[adv] looking for the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in .
2 Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal .
3 erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place .
4 It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’
5 On the other hand the newer full-time farmers , with large loans to repay , as well as many of the part-time farmers , were initially just looking for the farm to pay its way .
6 ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says .
7 I 'm just looking for the biographical summary Ellis has given me .
8 Because if you read the motion she is just looking for the rights of an individual and rule , rule six in the rule book applies the laws of natural justice , which we 're all for , the C E C agree , we 're all for it .
9 , just looking for the grapes
10 I will , I 'm just looking for the
11 You , you just looking for the excuse
12 We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix .
13 He was always looking for the catch .
14 He was always looking for the beginning of something , and he had the energy of someone starting their career .
15 The suspicious customer is always looking for the ‘ catch ’ .
16 ‘ Chapman was essentially a designer , an artist , who was always looking for the next design , something different , ’ says Mr Nearn .
17 I 'm always looking for the positive thing in any situation .
18 ‘ But not always looking for the artist , ’ she said .
19 For example , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers is still looking for the index to end the year between 2,300 and 2,400 .
20 It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials .
21 I think that perhaps some people are still looking for the Great White Hope , as they did in the days of John L. Sullivan , the first black World Heavyweight boxing champion .
22 Police are still looking for the other man .
23 He was still looking for the end of the war and the land fit for heroes to live in .
24 Hence it comes , tottering on to the screen , like a faded rock star — still swinging after all these years , still looking for the party .
25 Kersey asked : ‘ Are we still looking for the killer of Matthew Glynn ? ’
26 Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision .
27 Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision .
28 They 're still looking for the murder weapon , believed to be a tyre lever .
29 Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night .
30 ‘ And we are still looking for the child who should have been in the premises , but was n't .
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